8 T - Asian Chicken Noodles, Egg Rolls
9 W - Roast Chicken, Scalloped Potatoes, Carrots
10 R - Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
11 F - Tuna Curry in a Hurry, Rice
12 S - Parmesan Chicken, Twice Baked Potatoes, Peas
13 U - Brats, Baked Beans, French Fries
14 M - Chicken, Zippy Potato Chunks, Corn
Does it go without saying that I found good deals on both chickens and potatoes?
Here is a cheap way to buy bone in chicken - at both Pubix and Walmart I have found 10lb bags of dark chicken quarters from $.59-$.65 a pound. Yup! That is cheaper than any whole chicken I've found in a long time! I do a little home processing before storage. Buying them this way usually means the back bone is still attached to the thigh, so I like to remove it. I also separate the thigh and leg and wrap them up separately. I leave the skin on until I am ready to cook it though because it is an extra layer of protection in the freezer - and not as much trouble to remove as the backbone. Ideally, when freezing, you want to leave it as intact as possible, but taking these steps saves me time later on.
Tuna Curry in Hurry is a modification on Chicken Curry in a Hurry, which calls for canned chicken (I couldn't find the link). We had 4 cans of tuna in the hurricane kit...only to discover that none of us really like canned tuna that much. The curry really helps it "taste like chicken"!
2 comments:
I bought a whole chicken this week for .79 a pound. Do you think that's a good deal? It weighs 4 pounds and I told Ben that probably our baby is at least a pound and a half heavier. No wonder I ache!
Yes $.79 is good for a whole chicken. If you take it apart, the breasts would really be the greatest deal. I hardly see them for less than $3.50/lb (boneless/skinless) - and I never buy them that way. If I buy breast, I get bone in and take it out myself, it is very easy. Plus with the whole bird you get the carcass which is great for making stock.
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